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Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Geography of South America
Introduce your learners to South America with this physical map activity. The resource contains a detailed lesson plan to help students learn about the geography, people, and environment of South America.
PBS
Pbs: The Conquistadors: Growth of the Inca Empire
Find out about the incredible and widespread Inca Empire. You can read about the geography of the empire, the religion, governmental structure, record-keeping system, and diet. Be sure to click on the hyperlinks or pictures to get even...
Library of Congress
Loc: America the Beautiful
A resource page of online map resources, lesson plans, students activities and the transcript of a live chat on the geography of the United States.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Print Out for Kids: Geography of South America
Print out a crossword puzzle game about the geography of South America on this website.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Print Out for Kids: Geography of North America
Print out a crossword puzzle game about the geography of North America. Learn about geography and have fun at the same time.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Crossword Puzzle Game for Kids: Geography of North America
Kids try out this fun crossword puzzle game about the geography of North America. Learn about geography and have fun at the same time.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Countries of North America
Test your knowledge of the countries of North American with this interactive.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Tour of South America
Familiarize your students with South America by having them create a slideshow of a "Tour of South America" that focuses on its culture, geography, and history. This will help the students learn more about South America's people and places.
Read Works
Read Works: North America the Continent of North America
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the continent of North America and the countries it contains. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Other
Didactalia: Interactive Map: Capitals of the United States
Interactive map and game to identify capitals of the U.S. states.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq: The Bahamas
All you ever wanted to know about the Bahamas can be found here. Organized by quick fact charts or more detailed commentary, information includes geography, government, economy, climate, and more.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Americas
This resource provides a practice test which allows users to test their geographical knowledge of the Americas.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Modern Latin America, 1808 Present
MIT offers an exhaustive collection of materials covering Latin American culture and politics from 1808 through the present and is accompanied with homework/exam possibilities. Issues covered in lecture notes and readings include Latin...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: South Dakota
Great site describing the Black Hills of South Dakota. Learn more about hills through this excellent example. Discover the geography of a hill and the wildlife that exists there.
Oxfam
Oxfam: Cool Planet: Brazil Geography
An overview of the geography of the South American country of Brazil.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Word Search: Geography of Central America and the Caribbean
A fun word search game with terms from Central America and the Caribbean geography. Play online or print out a version for use in class or at home.
Other
Brooklyn Expedition: Latin America
Excellent site about Latin America from the Brooklyn Children's Museum. Explore ancient beliefs and rituals, celebrations, culture, the land, animals, and the history of Latin America.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: South America
Offers an overview of the continent of South America, featuring information about politics, geography, and population statistics. Click on the name of a country to discover more details.
PBS
Amazon: South America
Map of South America in which students can use the interactive site to explore political, physical, climate and populaton features.
World Facts US
World Facts: Geography of Venezuela
Features detailed information about the topography, climate, and hydrography of Venezuela. Click on the link to take a look at the map.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Atlas of the Historical Geography of United States
Review America's history with over 700 individual maps that address a broad range of issues with this atlas. This atlas maps a variety of historical topics: "exploration and settlement of the continent, the location of colleges and...
Central Intelligence Agency
Cia: World Factbook: Regional and World Maps
Maps of major areas of the world can be downloaded here. The maps have excellent detail and are in color.
Other
Worldpress.org: Map of South America
This interactive map lets you click on the name of a country in South America to get a more detailed view and facts about its geography, economy, media, and demographics.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: South America
Explore the countries of South America with this interactive quiz.